based on a number of studies, magnesium sulfate (mgso4) given after a diffuse axonal injury has gained attention as a useful neuroprotective agent .the present study was conducted to examine if magnesium sulfate has a therapeutic efficacy and safety in patients with a severe diffuse axonal injury. adult patients admitted within 1 hour of a closed traumatic brain injury (tbi) with a severe diffu...

Several industrial and fundamental studies focus on the consolidation of granular materials as this covers many technological fields. When a material is shaken, it densifies. The energy needed to compact or decompact powder column great interest in handling, filling transport operations. This work dynamic behaviour four materials–wheat flour, sericite, microcrystalline cellulose glass beads–whe...

an investigation was carried out on a young unrelated couple, both 29 years old, with two boys and three girls, 3 months to 8 years old. one boy and the mother were healthy, the other four children and the father were affected. the family, originally from the district of nour, in northern iran, near the caspian sea, was first counseled at the genetic clinic in tehran in 1984. several trips were...

background: in algeria, the data on infertility and its various causes are rare. recently, the introduction of assisted reproduction has allowed expecting that 300000 couples, which represent 7% of couples of reproductive age, face difficulty conceiving a child. knowing that most idiopathic cases are likely to be due to chromosomal abnormalities, we aimed to investigate genetic defects by karyo...

background :severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. this study was conducted to investigate the causes of severe hyperbilirubinemia leading to exchange transfusion (et) from march 2009 to march 2011 in bahrami children hospital, tehran, iran in order to establish guidelines to prevent profound jaundice & et.   methods : 94 neonates underwent et...

abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...

fabrication of ultrafine grained materials by imposing severe plastic deformation for improvement of mechanical and physical properties of metals has been the focus of many researches over the past few years. in this process, a sheet is subjected to repetitive shear deformation conditions by utilizing asymmetrically grooved and flat dies through alternate pressing. in this study, a 2mm thick co...

background: implementing community-based psychiatric services is one of the priorities of the who/emro mental health programs. this study presents an aftercare service, as a community based-service, for patients with severe mental illness (smis).   methods : in this randomized controlled clinical trial design, 176 patients, who attended selective hospitals with smi, were allocated into three gr...

background: preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication with unknown etiology and its incidence is associated with genetic and environmental factors. there are inconsistent reports related to the role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) 4a/b polymorphism on the risk of preeclampsia development. the aim of the present study was to investigate the possible influence of enos 4a/b and its syne...

introduction: severe acquired aplastic anemia (saa) is a rare disease and matched related hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) is the treatment of choice especially in pediatric patients. immunosuppressive therapy is the alternative treatment in patients who do not have a donor. we retrospectively analyzed patients who received allogeneic hsct at our institution. methods: between 1991...